#C98F16#C98F16

#C98F16 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.138 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98F16
RGB	rgb(201, 143, 22)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 12.70, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 65.81, 78.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0274 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.138 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0573, 32.1233, 5.1656)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98F16 #1650C9

analogous

#C93616 #C98F16 #A9C916

triadic

#C98F16 #16C98F #8F16C9

tetradic

#C98F16 #16C936 #1650C9 #C916A9

square

#C98F16 #16C936 #1650C9 #C916A9

split-complementary

#C98F16 #16A9C9 #3616C9

monochromatic

#5B410A #926810 #C98F16 #E9AE33 #EFC46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C98F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#C98F16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98F16

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98F16	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B39F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 143, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.138 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaf63',
    500: '#c98f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98f16;
$custom-light: #dfaf63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.559,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68952,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98F16

secondary

#678AD4

accent

#71F731

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98F16

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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